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Simvastatin Protects Heart from Pressure Overload Injury by Inhibiting Excessive Autophagy

Feifei Su1✉*, Miaoqian Shi2*, Jian Zhang3*, Qiangsun Zheng4, Dongwei Zhang1, Wei Zhang1, Haichang Wang1, Xue Li1

1. Department of Cardiology, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.
2. Department of Cardiology, PLA Army General Hospital, No.5 Nanmen Cang, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100700, China.
3. Department of Cardiology, Beijing Chest Hospital Heart Center, Capital Medical University, No.9. Beiguan Grand Street, Tongzhou District, Beijing, 101149, China.
4. Division of Cardiology, Second Affiliated Hospital of JiaoTong University, Xi'an, 710004, China.
* These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Su F, Shi M, Zhang J, Zheng Q, Zhang D, Zhang W, Wang H, Li X. Simvastatin Protects Heart from Pressure Overload Injury by Inhibiting Excessive Autophagy. Int J Med Sci 2018; 15(13):1508-1516. doi:10.7150/ijms.28106. https://www.medsci.org/v15p1508.htm
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Abstract

Cardiac hypertrophy is an independent predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. To identify the mechanisms by which simvastatin inhibits cardiac hypertrophy induced by pressure overload, we determined effects of simvastatin on 14-3-3 protein expression and autophagic activity. Simvastatin was administered intragastrically to Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats before abdominal aortic banding (AAB). Neonatal rat cardiomyocytes (NRCs) were treated with simvastatin before angiotensin II (AngII) stimulation. 14-3-3, LC3, and p62 protein levels were determined by western blot. Autophagy was also measured by the double-labeled red fluorescent protein-green fluorescent protein autophagy reporter system. Simvastatin alleviated excessive autophagy, characterized by a high LC3II/LC3I ratio and low level of p62, and blunted cardiac hypertrophy while increasing 14-3-3 protein expression in rats that had undergone AAB. In addition, it increased 14-3-3 expression and inhibited excessive autophagy in NRCs exposed to AngII. Our study demonstrated that simvastatin may inhibit excessive autophagy, increase 14-3-3 expression, and finally exert beneficial effects on cardioprotection against pressure overload.

Keywords: 14-3-3, autophagy, hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase inhibitors, simvastatin, hypertrophy


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Su, F., Shi, M., Zhang, J., Zheng, Q., Zhang, D., Zhang, W., Wang, H., Li, X. (2018). Simvastatin Protects Heart from Pressure Overload Injury by Inhibiting Excessive Autophagy. International Journal of Medical Sciences, 15(13), 1508-1516. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijms.28106.

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Su, F.; Shi, M.; Zhang, J.; Zheng, Q.; Zhang, D.; Zhang, W.; Wang, H.; Li, X. Simvastatin Protects Heart from Pressure Overload Injury by Inhibiting Excessive Autophagy. Int. J. Med. Sci. 2018, 15 (13), 1508-1516. DOI: 10.7150/ijms.28106.

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Su F, Shi M, Zhang J, Zheng Q, Zhang D, Zhang W, Wang H, Li X. Simvastatin Protects Heart from Pressure Overload Injury by Inhibiting Excessive Autophagy. Int J Med Sci 2018; 15(13):1508-1516. doi:10.7150/ijms.28106. https://www.medsci.org/v15p1508.htm

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Su F, Shi M, Zhang J, Zheng Q, Zhang D, Zhang W, Wang H, Li X. 2018. Simvastatin Protects Heart from Pressure Overload Injury by Inhibiting Excessive Autophagy. Int J Med Sci. 15(13):1508-1516.

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